单词	mantis
释义	mantisman‧tis /ˈmæntɪs/ noun (plural mantises or mantids /-tɪdz/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmantis Origin: 1600-1700 Greek ‘person who sees the future’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fascinated by this display, Wong Long captured the mantis and took it home with him. For more and more she is coming to resemble a mechanical praying mantis, frozen there in the glass, he wrote. He was very tall, perhaps six foot five, all elbow and forearm, like an enormous ginger praying mantis. I watched with interest - it was like observing the gyrations of an alien species, a praying mantis or something. Manipulators, fed by red veins of hydraulic fluid, fold elbows-up beside her cheeks like legs of a praying mantis. Neither the eye of an insect or a human is likely to detect the deception until the mantis moves. We learned the swift, circular dance of the praying mantis. word sets WORD SETS► Insects abdomen, nounant, nounantenna, nounanthill, nounaphid, nounbedbug, nounbee, nounbeetle, nounblack widow, nounbloodsucker, nounblow-fly, nounbluebottle, nounboll weevil, nounbookworm, nounbug, nounbumblebee, nounbutterfly, nouncaterpillar, nouncell, nouncentipede, nounchrysalis, nouncicada, nouncobweb, nouncockchafer, nouncockroach, nouncocoon, nouncomb, nouncrane fly, nouncreepy-crawly, nouncricket, noundaddy longlegs, noundragonfly, noundrone, nounearwig, nounentomology, nounfeeler, nounfirefly, nounflea, nounfly, verbfly, nounfruit fly, noungadfly, nounglow-worm, noungnat, noungossamer, noungrasshopper, noungreenfly, noungrub, nounhoneybee, nounhoneycomb, nounhornet, nounhorsefly, nounhousefly, nouninsect, nouninsectivore, nounkatydid, nounladybird, nounlarva, nounlice, nounlightning bug, nounlocust, nounlouse, nounmaggot, nounmantis, nounmayfly, nounmidge, nounmillipede, nounmite, nounmosquito, nounmoth, nounnectar, nounnest, nounnit, nounnymph, nounpest, nounpod, nounpraying mantis, nounproboscis, nounpupa, nounqueen, nounroach, nounsand fly, nounscarab, nounsilkworm, nounsilverfish, nounspider, nounspin, verbstick insect, nounsting, verbsting, nounstinger, nounsucker, nounswarm, nounswarm, verbtarantula, nountermite, nounthorax, nountick, nountortoiseshell, nountrilobite, nountsetse fly, nountzetze fly, nounvein, nounverminous, adjectivewasp, nounwater bug, nounweb, nounweevil, nounwing, nounwinged, adjectivewoodlouse, nounwoodworm, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► pray · We learned the swift, circular dance of the praying mantis.· Manipulators, fed by red veins of hydraulic fluid, fold elbows-up beside her cheeks like legs of a praying mantis. a praying mantis
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